In the past, Chu Qianchen would feel distressed when she saw Aunt Jiang crying with pear blossoms and rain, and she would want to coax her to show her face, but now, she only felt annoyed and hypocritical.

She had heard too many words like this in her previous life.

Chu Qianchen didn't even raise his eyebrows, and directly interrupted Aunt Jiang: "Auntie, you don't have to cry, I won't go back to the house, so as not to be killed violently, it's better to stay in Zhuangzi." ”

Hearing the word "violent death", Aunt Jiang's eyelashes trembled slightly, and there were crystal tears hanging on her long eyelashes.

Mrs. Tai outside the pavilion naturally heard these words, and her expression was a little embarrassed.

She also knew that Chu Qianchen had put "violent death" on her lips as soon as she opened her mouth, and she deliberately said it to herself and Chu Lingxiao, and she was stabbing them with words.

She came to Yang Hezhuang this time to bring Aunt Jiang with her, in fact, she hoped that Aunt Jiang, the biological mother, could persuade Chu Qianchen to let this girl obediently go back to the Hou Mansion with them, but now it seems that it was in vain.

Chu Lingxiao pulled the corners of his mouth mockingly, noncommittal.

He had already told Mrs. Tai that Chu Qianchen was a heartless white-eyed wolf at all.

She has no Chu family in her heart at all, no parents, only her own interests...... That's why she flattered the Shen family like this, to put it bluntly, the Shen family is her mother-in-law, and the Shen family has the Mu Guogong Mansion as a backer behind her.

Aunt Jiang picked up a handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and choked up sadly: "Sister Chen, I know you are blaming me, that's why you said that." ”

"The emperor's decree of marriage has come down, not only your father and grandmother are embarrassed, but I am also embarrassed and feel sorry for you."

"If I could, I would have been ...... for you."

Aunt Jiang looked like she was "eager to suffer on behalf of Chu Qianchen", and a motherly heart really made the listeners sad and the viewers moved.

But the word "received" was not very comfortable in Chu Qianchen's ears.

She had always been as calm as water, and her face changed slightly.

For her, the prince is the most important person, and she can't allow anyone to talk about the prince in this tone, not even her own mother!

"Auntie, you are presumptuous."

Chu Qianchen's tone was slightly cold, his eyes were as sharp as a sword, and he shot straight towards Aunt Jiang.

There was a moment of silence.

Aunt Jiang's pretty face stiffened, tears slid down her cheeks from the corners of her eyes again, and she looked at Chu Qianchen with a hurt face.

Her eyes full of tears seemed to be able to speak, so weak, so pitiful, Chu Lingxiao felt distressed.

"Minshan." Chu Lingxiao ignored the pain in his body, stepped forward and gently hugged Aunt Jiang, and coaxed softly.

His eyes when he looked at Chu Qianchen were full of hatred, and he really regretted that she didn't strangle her when she was born.

Mrs. Tai secretly said that it was not good, for fear that her son would say something wrong and provoke Chu Qianchen again.

"Sister Chen." Mrs. Tai spoke up before Chu Lingxiao, walked into the pavilion, and sat down beside Chu Qianchen.

Amber saw that the Biluochun she prepared could finally come in handy, and she quickly served tea to Mrs. Tai, and the ceremony was thorough, so that people couldn't find anything wrong.

"I heard your father...... Hey, you've misunderstood your father too much. Mrs. Tai's tone was a little embarrassed, a little pity, and a little emotional, "Your father thought about it for a while, it was he who was wrong, and he also learned a lesson this time." ”

"Of course the Hou Mansion will not abandon you, if there is anything, there is my grandmother to call the shots for you."

Mrs. Tai looked at Chu Qianchen with gentle eyes, and her tone was sincere and loving.

Chu Qianchen was indifferent, drinking tea by himself and not answering.

Mrs. Tai was not in a hurry, observing the change in Chu Qianchen's expression, and continued: "Sister Chen, after you get married, you are a concubine, and if you want to gain a foothold in King Chen's Mansion, you have to rely on the Hou Mansion. The mother's family is the reliance of the married girl, don't be desperate to vent your anger for a while. ”

"The days to come are still long, and we have to take a long-term view."

"It's only a month before the wedding, and when you return home, you still have to prepare a wedding dress and a dowry."

Mrs. Tai moved with affection and knew with reason.

She believed that Chu Qianchen was not the kind of elm head who did not understand the world, as long as she carefully analyzed the stakes, she would understand what kind of choice was most beneficial to herself.

In this world, what can maintain the relationship with each other is not only blood and family, but also interests.

Chu Qianchen listened quietly for a moment, and it wasn't until Mrs. Tai talked about the dowry that she had some reaction, and while rubbing the teacup, she asked, "What kind of dowry does grandmother plan to prepare for me?" ”

Seeing that Chu Qianchen finally reacted, Mrs. Tai secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart: as long as Chu Qianchen was not strong, they could coax this girl back to the Hou Mansion. In the final analysis, this girl just wants to ask for a good dowry.

Hey, although she is a little smart, she is young after all, and her vision is shallow, so it's no wonder that she sucks at her grandmother and fourth brother like a pug.

No matter what she thought in her heart, Mrs. Tai had a gentle and loving look on her face, and coaxed Chu Qianchen and said: "Sister Chen, you will be the princess in the future, and you are the best married among the daughters of the Chu family, and the dowry is better than your eldest sister's." ”

Mrs. Tai pondered that this little girl had a good face, and the Chu family promised to give her the glory that only a concubine has in this way, and she should be content.

"Mother!" Chu Lingxiao couldn't believe his ears and blurted out. Mother must be too kind to this girl!

Aunt Jiang first opened her eyes, and then lowered her eyes.

When the wind blew, the shadows of the trees swayed, casting shallow shadows on Aunt Jiang's gentle and beautiful face, and the eyes washed by tears were as black as pools.

"Mrs. Tai, I know that you love Sister Chen, a loving heart." Aunt Jiang's slender white fingers rubbed the handkerchief, a little embarrassed, and said timidly, "The Hou Mansion has the rules of the Hou Mansion, and if the rules are broken for Sister Chen'er alone, will it be ......?"

"The rules are made by men." Mrs. Tai said categorically.

Aunt Jiang bit her lower lip weakly and weakly, and stopped talking.

The corners of Chu Qianchen's lips curved, revealing a pair of shallow pear vortices, and he said as a matter of course: "Grandmother, according to the rules of the mansion, the dowry of the eldest daughter is 20,000 taels of silver from the princess. ”

According to the practice of the government, the dowry of the eldest daughter, other concubines and concubines varies, and the eldest daughter is the best.

Chu Qianchen smiled like a flower, and continued with a smile: "Grandmother, anyway, I'm about to get married, and it's only a month before the wedding, so I don't need you to prepare any dowry, just convert it into silver." ”

"This is good, and the silver is the most realistic, so that no one will buy shoddy goods, or, 'change the order of the day.'"

She deliberately increased the volume on the four words "change the order of the day".

It means that they have an idea every day, yesterday they wanted her to die violently, and today they changed their minds and planned to take her back to the house, and allowed her a dowry of 20,000 silver, so tomorrow, they can regret it again, and then reduce her dowry.

"......" Mrs. Tai's face stiffened slightly.

She originally wanted to coax Chu Qianchen with her daughter-in-law's dowry of 10,000 taels first, and then talk about the rest when she went back, but she didn't expect Chu Qianchen to be 20,000 taels as soon as she opened her mouth, and she also directly asked for cash.

Chu Qianchen took a sip of tea elegantly, "Grandmother, I'm going to marry into the Prince's Mansion anyway!" ”

From beginning to end, Chu Qianchen kept smiling lightly, as if she was just begging for some fat powder money.

“……”

“……”

“……”

Mrs. Tai, Chu Lingxiao, and Aunt Jiang were all startled by Chu Qianchen's lion mouth.

Especially Aunt Jiang.

Aunt Jiang stared at Chu Qianchen with deep eyes, the handkerchief in her hand was almost rubbed by her, and the events of the day when Qinghui Courtyard went to the water flashed in front of her eyes like a marquee.

That day, she realized that Chu Qianchen seemed to be very different from before, but Chu Qianchen had always been filial and obedient to her in the past ten years, she only thought that Chu Qianchen was thinking about it for a while, and it would be fine in a few days.

At this moment, she was convinced that Chu Qianchen had indeed changed......

After a brief shock, Chu Lingxiao came back to his senses and was furious.

"Twenty thousand taels?" He gritted his teeth and said, staring at Chu Qianchen's eyes almost spewing fire.

Chu Qianchen, she has the courage to open this mouth!

He subconsciously lifted his crutches again, wanting to hit Chu Qianchen.

Chu Qianchen hooked his lower lip with a smile, and reminded idly: "Father, if you toss again, I'm afraid you won't be able to live without crutches in this life." ”

Others may not be able to see it, but Chu Qianchen is a healer, his eyes are vicious, and he can see that Chu Lingxiao's left foot is more seriously injured at a glance.

Chu Lingxiao's left script was only to be well maintained, that is, slightly lame, but he didn't care about his injured foot, so he tossed around blindly, and this time he was scolded by the emperor's cane, under the stick, it was inevitable that he would accidentally hurt his leg, and his leg injury was naturally more serious.

Chu Lingxiao originally only felt that the pain in his buttocks was unbearable, but when Chu Qianchen said this now, his attention also returned to his legs, and he felt that his injured leg began to hurt again.

The pain was bone-chilling and heart-wrenching.

Mrs. Tai also looked at Chu Lingxiao worriedly, only then did she notice that her son had been standing on crutches, and said distressedly: "Lingxiao, sit down quickly." How do your legs feel? Does it hurt again? ”

Chu Lingxiao just got hit by the board today, and he couldn't sit down at all, but his legs were not well maintained, and it was not suitable to stand, so the little girl could only put a thick and soft cushion on the chair, and Aunt Jiang personally helped Chu Lingxiao to sit down.

For Chu Lingxiao now, sitting is like a torture, the pain makes his facial features distorted and his teeth bared.

Aunt Jiang comforted softly beside him, soft-spoken, and considerate.

Mrs. Tai and the others all circled around Chu Lingxiao, shushing the cold and asking for warmth, and hurriedly instructed the steward in Zhuangzi to ask for a doctor.

In this regard, Chu Qianchen turned a blind eye, and drank the new tea that Amber had just served, whether it was the action of holding the tea cup or the action of brushing off the tea leaves with the tea lid, it was so elegant, as if measured with a ruler.

The elegant fragrance of tea mixed with the rich fragrance of flowers spreads in the pavilion.

Chu Qianchen praised casually: "Amber, your skills in making tea have improved." ”

"Miss Xie's compliment." Amber was overjoyed, with a hint of flattery.

The master and servant smiled and smiled, in stark contrast to the surrounding Mrs. Tai, Chu Lingxiao, Aunt Jiang and others, as if there was an invisible barrier separating such a small pavilion into two worlds.

Aunt Jiang bowed down to press Chu Lingxiao's acupoint, and while quietly looking at Chu Qianchen, a baby girl in swaddling clothes came to mind.

Nearly 14 years later, the appearance of the little baby girl is still deeply engraved in her memory.

The little baby girl slept peacefully, her long, thick eyelashes were like a grate, her slightly reddened skin was delicate and flawless, and her lips seemed to be soft and delicate flowers, as if they would be bad when touched.

The years go by, the baby girl grows up day by day, from Yuxue's lovely girl, her height grows little by little, and gradually grows into a bright girl.

It's like a hibiscus flower blooming brightly.

Aunt Jiang straightened up and picked a hibiscus flower from the branch next to her.

Her hand tore off the petals of the hibiscus flower piece by piece, and her eyes were still looking straight at Chu Qianchen.

Chu Qianchen vaguely felt something, looked up, and accurately bumped into a pair of jet-black willow eyes, and there was a trace of cold resentment hidden in the other party's eyes.

In the next moment, Aunt Jiang smiled softly again, and she looked pitiful again, as if Fang Cai's "resentment" was just Chu Qianchen's illusion.

Chu Qianchen raised her eyebrows, her eyes fell on the ruined hibiscus flower in Aunt Jiang's hand, and her long eyelashes trembled, as if something flashed from her eyes...... Then there was calm again.

"Sister Chen." Aunt Jiang threw the hibiscus flower in her hand on the ground and walked towards Chu Qianchen, her embroidered shoes happened to step on the ruined hibiscus flower, looming under the rippling skirt.

She sighed slightly, and the sigh escaped the corner of her lips and was blown away by the breeze......

"It's me who failed to protect you and made you suffer so many grievances."

"I know all your grievances."

"Sister Chen, but you are just a concubine, and His Royal Highness King Chen can be described as a heaven and a earth, this family business is too high, you marry the palace, I am afraid you will be wronged."

"Every time I think about it, I can't sleep at night, I can't eat."

Aunt Jiang looked at Chu Qianchen worriedly, and the corners of her reddish eyes were pitiful.

Chu Qianchen stared at Aunt Jiang for a moment, and she couldn't tell what she was thinking on her calm face.

She was silent for a moment before she bowed her head and said, "Yes, my aunt is right, this family is too high." ”

"Therefore, I still have to buy a dowry, and with the dowry, I won't be able to stand any grievances in King Chen's Mansion in the future."

"Aunt said, didn't you?"

Without waiting for Aunt Jiang to answer, Chu Qianchen said to himself: "Grandmother, why don't you give 30,000 taels?" ”

Aunt Jiang: "......"

Aunt Jiang's eyes opened slightly, and she wanted to say something, but she was glared at coldly by Mrs. Tai, so she could only close her mouth.

Mrs. Tai was very unhappy, it was originally 20,000 taels of dowry silver, but Aunt Jiang just said a few words, and there was another 10,000 taels, if she continued, wouldn't she add another 10,000 taels? !

Mrs. Tai's eyes became deeper and deeper, and she was disgusted with Chu Qianchen's insatiable greed, and on the other hand, she also blamed Aunt Jiang for not even being able to manage her daughter.

She settled down, and discussed with Chu Qianchen in a good voice: "Sister Chen, you have studied housekeeping with your mother for a few days, and you should know that the harvest in the past two years is not good, there are many heirs in the house, and it costs more and more year by year, and there is not much cash in the public school, so you have to take out 20,000 taels, which is already a patchwork." ”

"Moreover, there are so many younger brothers and sisters under you, and they are all old and want to start a family."

Mrs. Ren kept talking, but Chu Qianchen didn't say anything, just drinking tea by herself.

In fact, her mind has drifted away.

There is still a month before the wedding, counting the days, half a month should be enough for Xue Fengyan and them to contact the prince.

She had to get the 30,000 taels of dowry silver as soon as possible, and once it was in her pocket, no matter what happened in the future, no one wanted her to spit it out.

The prince has a bow and crossbow team, these years, the military salary allocated by the imperial court is insufficient, and there is a shortage of iron arrows for many years, she heard Su Mubai and Xue Feng play them in her previous life, and when she was poorest, she often had to recycle those iron arrows when cleaning the battlefield, and continue to use them in the future.

The war burned the most silver, and 30,000 taels of silver was just used to make up some iron arrows for the prince.

Chu Qianchen smiled beautifully, and the corners of his lips curled.

She was immersed in her own thoughts, and her smile was another feeling in Mrs. Tai's eyes, and she only felt that Chu Qianchen was demonstrating.

Mrs. Tai's eyelids jumped.

Could it be that Chu Qianchen already knew that the emperor had ordered her to enter the palace tomorrow to participate in the longevity banquet, so he was so sure that they had to bow their heads.

Silence spreads in the gazebo.